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Patch on left contributed Harold F.(Carl) Carlson & submitted by Gary Carlson, on right by Mike Smolinski

Flasher (SS-249)

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Xray - Quebec

Awards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Presidental Unit Citation (3) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (6) - World War II Victory Medal

Signs of the times: Logo's for the following boats are emblazoned on the building wall to the right: Dace (SS-247), Dorado (SS-248), Flasher (SS-249), Flier (SS-250), Flounder (SS-251) & Gabilan (SS-252).

Photo from the Photo Essay How To Build A Submarine at Electric Boat Co. New London, Conn.Photographer: Bernard Hoffman, courtesy of Life.

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The Flasher (SS-249) slides down the ways at Electric Boat on 20 June 1943.

USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.

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Postal cover marking the launching of the Flasher (SS-249) at Electric Boat on 20 June 1943.

Starboard view of the Flasher (SS-249) underway during her shake down off the Atlantic coast on 4 November 1943.

US National Archives photo # 80-G-450236, from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert.

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I've seen this photo listed as the Flasher (SS-249) in various places online over the years, but I have absolutely no idea if that's correct. The configuration is correct for her as built, but beyond that... A Mod 3 Gato EB design. Photo probably taken early 44.

The Flasher (SS-249) prepares to tie up entering Pearl Harbor on way to mainland, on 24 July 1945.Bound for Guam on a seventh war patrol at the close of the war, Flasher was ordered back to New London, where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve 16 March 1946.

Flasher (SS-249) in 1/178 scale, starboard side view, with measure 32-3SSB paint scheme, with a PDF of her 5th War Patrol report.

Model and photo by Ken Hart. PDF courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.

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Flasher (SS-249) in 1/178 scale, starboard bow oblique view.

Model and photo by Ken Hart.

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A dockside Flasher (SS-249) post WW II at New London Sub Base in the mothball fleet.

Photo courtesy of Ric Hedman TN(SS).

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Line up of decommissioned subs at Groton, CT., circa 1947. From left to right:Archerfish (SS-311), Flasher (SS-249), Cobia (SS-245), Croaker (SS-246), Drum (SS-228) & what looks like the Cavalla (SS-244).